Practical Review of Lung Pathology CME Activity

This comprehensive CME activity offers a practical review of lung pathology, combining basic and advanced techniques, pearls, and pitfalls to pathologic diagnosis, and case reviews. The educational objectives of this teaching activity are designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in pulmonary pathology.

Educational Objectives

Upon completing this CME teaching activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply a practical approach to technical issues in processing pulmonary pathology specimens
• Describe the life cycle of diffuse alveolar damage
• Recognize and assess granulomatous disease of the lung
• Describe the diagnostic features of lung adenocarcinoma
• Differentiate neoplastic and inflammatory lung disease
• Analyze key features of unusual interstitial pneumonia of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its mimics

Expert-Led Sessions

This CME activity features a range of expert-led sessions, covering topics such as:

• Diagnosing Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma in the Molecular Age: Doing More With Less by Carol Farver, M.D.
• Interstitial Lung Pathology: What Every Pathologist Needs to Know by Carol Farver, M.D.
• Dealing with Small Samples: Pulmonary Cytology-Histology Correlation by Jennifer A. Brainard, M.D.
• All You Ever Wanted to Know About UIP by Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, M.D.
• Not Your Grandpa’s Thoracic Pathology: Changes in Concepts, Diagnoses, Terminology, and Therapy in the last 10 years by Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, M.D.
• Key Pearls of Interstitial Lung Disease and Their Mimics That Should Change Your Approach by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.
• Lung Adenocarcinoma: What Do I Need to Know? by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.
• The Importance of Clinical and Radiologic Correlation in Pulmonary Pathology by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.
• Controversies in Lung Pathology by Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, M.D.
• How Biopsy Technique (Transbronchial, Cryo, or Needle Biopsy) Changes Your Pathologic Approach by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.
• What To Do With the Blue Biopsy by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.
• Approach to Important Non-Adenocarcinoma Thoracic Neoplasms by Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.

This comprehensive CME activity is designed to provide participants with a practical review of lung pathology, combining basic and advanced techniques, pearls, and pitfalls to pathologic diagnosis, and case reviews. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in pulmonary pathology!